The Chinese are offering the loan as an alternative to working with the IMF.

It's nice that we can do these things, but this isn't long-term development.

I suppose it [the loan amount] would be impacted by the amount that they have paid to the IMF.

Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures.

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